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Cascaded Devices
AlterPath KVM Installation, Configuration, and Users Guide 21
Cascaded Devices
The KVM supports cascading, which allows administrators to connect
secondary KVM units to a primary KVM. Cascading allows administrators to
increase the number of managed devices to up to 1024 servers with a
centralized configuration and access interface.
The following diagram depicts a basic cascaded configuration of a primary
KVM with 32 ports and one KVM and one KVM Expander cascaded from it.
Figure 1-9: Cascaded KVM Devices from an KVM
As depicted in the previous figure, the KVM support one level of cascading:
The primary KVM controls the secondary level of KVM units connected to it.
A secondary KVM unit can be a KVM or a KVM Expander.
Administrators can connect up to 32 KVM units to the master KVM. Each
cascaded KVM device has two management ports that can be connected to
AlterPath KVM 32
Up to 1024 servers
Primary AlterPath KVM 32
AlterPath KVM
Expander 16
local user
User1 User2 UserA UserB